HISTORY 

Milestones in CenterLine History

  The commitment of our employees and the encouragement of our customers have led to more than 50 years of continuous growth. 

1957

CenterLine (Windsor) Limited incorporated in Windsor, Ontario

1967

CenterLine Electrodes Division established

1978

OHMA Systems Inc. incorporated in Windsor, Ontario

1991

CenterLine Welding Products Inc. incorporated in Troy, Michigan

1991

US Electrodes Inc. incorporated in Telford, PA

1994

CenterLine (U.K.) Ltd incorporated in the United Kingdom

2001

OHMA Systems Inc. becomes CenterLine – Automation Components Division

2003

CenterLine Romania SRL incorporated in Brasov, Romania

2004

CenterLine Supersonic Spray Technologies Division established

2004

CenterLine Seubert GmbH incorporated in Breidenbach, Germany

2005

CenterLine Mexico incorporated in Queretaro, MX

  Cold Gas-Dynamic Spray Development

August 2003 Introduction to the low-pressure gas-dynamic spray process.
   
January 2004 CenterLine’s Supersonic Spray Technologies Division formed to develop equipment and feedstock powders required to implement the process.
   
March 2004

CenterLine purchases 25 Dymet® spray guns.

   
May 2005 CenterLine Model SSM-P3300-003 portable machine launched.
   
May 2006 SST enters into 10 year license agreement with OCPS for exclusive rights to the Dymet® patents in North America.
   
July 2006 SST completes integration of low pressure cold spray system with a 6-axis robot and down draft dust collection system.
August 2006  Cold Spray process from CenterLine is used to complement electroforming process in production applications. Customer product lead time is cut from 12 weeks to 6 weeks; allowing them to maintain pricing and enhancing quality.
   
January 2007 Cold Spray process from CenterLine is used to salvage more than 10,000 Aluminum castings for an Automotive Supplier and prevent the customer from missing a product launch date for a new vehicle.
   
February 2007 Independent testing reveals a breakthrough in corrosion protection for Magnesium using the CenterLine Cold spray system and CenterLine's “SST46” powder
   

March 2007

 

CenterLine delivers the first Cartesian robot system complete with integrated downdraft ventilation system.

April 2007

 

Dr. Julio Villafuerte delivers a presentation at the SAE 2007 World Congress on corrosion protection of Magnesium using "SST46" power.